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Moral Matters: Notes on the Naturalization of "Good" and "Evil" in Superhero Narratives and Their Reception
Malmö University, Faculty of Education and Society (LS), Department of Society, Culture and Identity (SKI).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7680-9402
2021 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Superheroes are having a moment. It seems like they’re everywhere. Not just in our comics and our screens, but in the general, social and cultural, air we breathe. Social and political events and actors are often reframed with superheroic imagery, and social, cultural, economic, and political actors seem increasingly to call on images and tropes that connote superhero generic formations to stake their position on an issue or to claim how what they’re doing is right and good and just. This paper considers how the figure of the superhero can work to naturalize political positions and to make contingent values seem “natural” rather historical, and the effects this can have.

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2021.
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superheroes, good and evil, morals
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History Visual Arts Art History
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-46228OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-46228DiVA, id: diva2:1601504
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Contemporary Nordic Comics Research Conference, October 7- 8 2021, Malmö University
Available from: 2021-10-08 Created: 2021-10-08 Last updated: 2021-10-08Bibliographically approved

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